Born in Connecticut

Moved to Japan with her family when her father was transferred there

Made TV debut hosting children's show from Tokyo, Japan

Became member of the Tokyo International Players

Made professional stage debut playing Helen Keller in a Japanese production of "The Miracle Worker"

Made feature film debut in "The Travelers" while still in Japan

Returned to USA

Appeared in feature film "Jory"

Appeared on the daytime soap "The Secret Storm"

Made TV-movie debut in "Bad Ronald"

Had regular role of Gloria on the ABC sitcom "Happy Days"

Went on a crime spree in feature film "Crazy Mama"

Was regular on the CBS drama series "Beacon Hill"

Starred in TV-movies "The Oregon Trail" and "The Young Pioneers"

Played an entirely different character, Ashley Pfister, girlfriend of Henry Winkler's Fonzie on "Happy Days"

Launched cabaret act at Los Angeles clubs

Played the title character's daughter on the NBC legal series "Matlock"

Produced and starred in "The Baby Dance" at the Pasadena Playhouse

Off-Broadway debut in "The Baby Dance"

Starred in syndicated series "Robin's Hoods"

Starred in "Born Free: A New Adventure" (ABC)

Broadway acting debut in "Getting and Spending"

Joined cast of the ABC daytime drama "Port Charles" playing a cancer patient who wants to die with dignity

Cast as Aunt Polly in the stage musical "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"; played pre-Broadway tryout in New Haven, Connecticut

Had recurring role as the wife of a US Supreme Court justice on "First Monday" (CBS)